Where does “love” come from?

love (Friulian) comes from Latin lupa, from Latin Lupus, from Proto-Italic lukʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos — wolf.

love (Friulian): she-wolf

Definitions

  1. she-wolf

Ancestry of “love”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlupashe-wolf; prostitute
2LatinLupusA Roman cognomen
3Proto-Italiclukʷos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwĺ̥kʷoswolf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wĺ̥kʷos →Every word from Proto-Italic lukʷos →Every word from Latin Lupus →